text: Job Discussion Forums :: View topic - Grammar analysis Get TEFL Certified & Start Your Adventure Today! Job Discussion Forums"The Internet's Meeting Place for ESL/EFL Students and Teachers from Around the World!" FAQ Search Memberlist Usergroups Register Profile Log in to check your private messages Log in Grammar analysis Goto page 1, 2 Next Job Discussion Forums Forum Index -> General Discussion View previous topic :: View next topic Author Message AugustusJoined: 16 Oct 2012Posts: 105 Posted: Sun Feb 10, 2013 2:42 pm Post subject: Grammar analysis Hello! I'm well into my CELTA course now and really enjoying it, although I am massively busy and am not managing to get much extra work done apart from assignments + teaching prep. I am here in the library working on the 1st assignment at the moment and struggling a little. I have managed the first sentence (of 4) and am now working on the 2nd but struggling with interpretative of it as there just isnt much to it. I have finally decided its a 3rd conditional (thank you Swan for being clearer than many other books!) and I think the easiest way to present the analysis is to put it into a table (which won't copy over so I have written it out). If I had studied harder, I wouldnt have failed my exam. If clause + Subject + Past perfect + adverb + subject + Contraction and negative form of would have + Past perfect + pronoun +Subject I have broken the two sentences down in stating the function/meaning and said that the first clause in the sentence refers to a possible situation which didnt happen and the second clause refers to the consequences of this inaction. I am worried that I being too wordy here (and making it too complicated). I think the possible student difficulties are likely to lie in conveying probability - a series of untaken actions resulting in a consequence which has also already occurred. They ask that I suggest a possible context to teach the language and I guess I would look at something along the lines of regret focusing on this third form of if-clause condition and do other forms separately. I expect the learners are likely to be familiar with an academic environment where outcomes are based on learner input so I would pursue this to an extent with a variety of exercises. I would also ask them to complete sentences relating to actions they did or didnt undertake which may have lead to different outcomes, emphasising that that these are completed actions. For instance, if I had not come to England, I wouldnt have met you. I have to suggest some concept questions which sounded easy but actually its really hard not to use the same words used in the 1st sentence so at the moment I have: He failed his exam why? What would have happened if he had done more class work? Thank you for any input Augustus Back to top spiral78Joined: 05 Apr 2004Posts: 11534Location: On a Short Leash Posted: Sun Feb 10, 2013 3:00 pm Post subject: Dear Augustus: Fluffy will no doubt be on duty here momentarily with the longer and more technical response to your query, but for what it's worth, let me say simply that you are absolutely on the right track with this. The difficulty I've found some students have with this is the first clause - why are we talking about the consequences of something that didn't happen? Why can't we change the first clause? The example I have used often is 'If I had invested in microsoft 20 years ago, I'd be wealthy now (and not here in a classroom with you, dear students!). You're absolutely correct that the main use of the third conditional is most often for regrets (though your example above - I wouldn't have met you - is hopefully one of the exceptions!). History also works, along the lines of What if people had never developed satellite technology?' cau spiral Back to top Denim-ManiacJoined: 31 Jan 2012Posts: 1238 Posted: Sun Feb 10, 2013 3:46 pm Post subject: I also think you're on the right track ... but you may be overthinking it for the purpose of the task. What you have written is a little wordy and needs a bit too much of my brainpower on a sunday afternoon. Keep it super-simple all the time. If I cant understand it on a lazy sunday afternoon it may be difficult for your learners to understand it. Its definitely third conditional, and it can be used to express regret (although not always). A nice simple definition suitable for your course and to give students is ... Third conditional is used to talk about imaginary situations in the past. They are often the opposite for what actually happened. Your breakdown of form is really wonky though. Id look at that again ... the model I would quote from my textbook is this....(as per Face2Face Intermediate P141 Language Summary) If + subject + past perfect, subject + would / wouldnt + have + past participle Some concept check questions for your example might include: Did he study hard? no Has he taken his exam? yes Did he pass his exam? no With more context you could add a question checking regret. Is he happy about his exam result? (context is key there because regret isnt always expressed with every 3rd conditional statement.) Can he change what happened? no, its in the past. Context in which to teach it ... I like the idea of important moments in life. These dont have to focus exclusively on regret ... and regret could raise touchy issues in class for some students. (I had an adult student cry in my first class on my first day last year ... but thats another story). Important moments can include success as well as regret. Im trying to think of a popular song that expresses regret and uses a third conditional structure but am struggling at the moment. Find a song and present that as the context in which you'd teach 3rd conditional and you'll be a real superstar! And edited to add: Just stumbled across the rather annoying song, 'Cotton Eyed Joe'. If it hadnt been for Cotton Eye Joe, Id have been married a long time ago. Might be some mileage in that song and many others for teaching this structureLast edited by Denim-Maniac on Sun Feb 10, 2013 4:00 pm; edited 2 times in total Back to top johnslatJoined: 21 Jan 2003Posts: 13859Location: Santa Fe, New Mexico, USA Posted: Sun Feb 10, 2013 3:52 pm Post subject: Dear spiral78, I agree with you about Augustus's being on the "right track." I do have a question, though. Augustus seems to be writing here about the third conditional, you, in your example, - "The example I have used often is 'If I had invested in microsoft 20 years ago, I'd be wealthy now (and not here in a classroom with you, dear students!)." gave a "mixed conditional." (If clause in the 3rd, main clause in the 2nd). Might that not be a little confusing? Regards, John "Never Would Have Made It" Marvin Sapp "I Never would have made it Never could have made it without You I would have lost it all But now I see how You were there for me And I can say I never would have made it Never could have made it Without You I would have lost it all But I now I see How You were there for me And I can say I'm stronger, I'm wiser I'm better, much better When I look back Over all You brought me through I can see that You were the One I held on to And I never, never would have made it (Never would have made it) Oh, I never could have made it (Never could have made it without You) Oh, I would have lost it all Oh, but now I see How You were there for me I never (Never would have made it) No, I never (Never could have made it without You) I would've lost my mind A long time ago If it had not been for You I'm I am stronger (I am stronger I am wiser (I am wiser) Back to top DedicatedJoined: 18 May 2007Posts: 972Location: UK Posted: Sun Feb 10, 2013 4:08 pm Post subject: Augustus, Tell the students If : unreal past situations (hypothetical) With "if" we use "would have...and past perfect tenses to distance our language from reality, when we talk about unreal situations in the past. Main Clause : If-Clause Would have +past participle Past Perfect Tense I would have been in bad trouble if John hadn't helped me You would have passed you exam if you had worked harder The if-clause can come first : If John hadn't helped me, I would have been in bad trouble. (I'm trying to format this as a table.....) Back to top spiral78Joined: 05 Apr 2004Posts: 11534Location: On a Short Leash Posted: Sun Feb 10, 2013 4:31 pm Post subject: Dear John: Yes. That's what I get for trying to wax technical on a lazy Sunday afternoon (especially when I have far fewer than 1 per week of these!). cau spiral Back to top Teacher in RomeJoined: 09 Jul 2003Posts: 1286 Posted: Sun Feb 10, 2013 7:33 pm Post subject: Hi Augustus - and welcome back! I'm going to add to your other question about why students find the third conditional difficult. 1. There are lots of "components" to remember: past perfect and a would / could / might + perfect infinitive are a lot to remember to get right (and in the right order). Students generally have difficulty with what comes after the "if" bit, often adding in the modal there, rather than in the other half of the conditional. 2. Because there are so many auxiliaries, it makes hearing the third conditional in its entirety difficult. If students are exposed to native speaker conversations, where auxiliaries (and "grammatical words" in general) are not usually stressed, hearing them (ie isolating them from the rest of the items in a sentence) is quite hard to do. So if you aren't hearing lots of examples, it can make producing them difficult. Well, that's a very wordy, Sunday evening type of reply, but hope it helps anyway. Back to top Teacher in RomeJoined: 09 Jul 2003Posts: 1286 Posted: Sun Feb 10, 2013 7:37 pm Post subject: And to add to contexts for teaching it, I'd go along with the regrets idea. I once developed some nice material with a photo of the Rodin statue "The Thinker" with bubbles coming out of his mouth. "If I'd studied harder in school ....." (then using a range of modals, not just "would".) You can adapt this endlessly depending on your knowledge of your students, the teaching context and so on. Come to think of it, I probably used the same photo for modals in the past: I should have / I ought to have / I could have etc Back to top SashadroogieJoined: 17 Apr 2007Posts: 11061Location: Moskva, The Workers' Paradise Posted: Sun Feb 10, 2013 7:56 pm Post subject: The main problem that learners have with conditionals is the same as that which teachers can sometimes have: the words used to describe it. Mainly, for Third Conditional it is misleading to use terms like Past Perfect and Present Perfect when describing the form, though many grammars do just this. Refrain from unwieldy and inaccurate technical terms, and many of the problems disappear. It can be easier to illustrate it this way. If Hitler had won the war, he would have destroyed the USSR Unreal past verb ............(unreal) past modal verb Mixed conditionals (of which there are almost infinite combinations) can be illustrated thus: If Hitler had won the war, we would all speak German now Unreal past verb ..............(unreal) modal verb The only difference is that the result is about now, hence the absence of the have after the modal verb. Use situations that are relevant to your learners! These ones work in Russia, but may not elsewhere... Germany for instance : ) Good luck on the Celta! Back to top fluffyhamsterJoined: 13 Mar 2005Posts: 3292Location: UK > China > Japan > UK again Posted: Sun Feb 10, 2013 9:53 pm Post subject: My tuppenny: Although the 3 conditionals are only part of what is possible (see for example the mixed conditional - first half 3rd, second half 2nd - that Spiral introduced, and got picked up on by John), they can be your friend for the purposes of understanding and analysis: 1st: If I study harder, I will pass the exam. (Nothing particularly difficult about this one, though note the modal auxiliary can/may/might/shall/ought to[/should/could] differ. There is an arguable future orientation to this, but ultimately it is just a less remote form of hypothesis compared to e.g. the 2nd conditional). 2nd: If I studied harder, I would pass the exam. (The verbs here are obviously "set back" a little compared to the 1st's ones. This "setting back", which some have termed "remoteness", can be temporal - in which case the 'if' can take on almost a 'whenever' quality, and the 'would' can take on a more-than-once "habitual" aspect, cf. 'I knew if I studied harder, I would pass the exam', which is most likely a "once-only" thing in the past, thanks to the extra context supplied by 'I knew', and a sort of hypothetical set in the past, whereas for non-past hypothesis simply carry on reading past the dash right here LOL > - or it can be in terms of reality or rather unreality, so the person is talking hypothetically in the "here and now"/about no time in particular, rather than~certainly not past-hypothetically (for the latter of which, see the next, 3rd conditional entry)). 3rd: If I had studied harder, I would've passed the exam. (The remoteness here is both temporal and in terms of hypothesis [though arguably the temporal meaning applies slightly more to the if-clause, and the hypothetical meaning slightly more to the other clause]. The reason for adding perfect aspect is [that it is the only way] to "set back" even further from the realms occupied by the 2nd conditional above. Grammarians may talk about "anteriority" with regard to the forms that the 3rd conditional contains: "anterior time", "before-past" or "past-within-the-past" for the past perfect in the if-clause, and let's say a "remoteness-within-or-upon-a-remoteness" regarding the 'would + have + part participle'. NB: Celce-Murcia & Larsen-Freeman's The Grammar Book is good on this sort of stuff). Note that the keyword signifying hypothesis is 'if'. That is, past and past perfect tenses without 'if' are obviously about previous or completed facts or events rather than anything hypothetical: TomKat broke up last year. They waited until I had finished; They went when I had finished. There is however an inverted (aux before subject) and thus if-less form of these tenses, esp. with the auxiliaries were, had and should, that signals hypothesis. The style is formal and/or literary (written): Were she my daughter... Had we not changed our reservations (*Hadn't we...) Look in Swan's PEU index for 'inversion: in conditionals' for more on this last point. The actual section is 261.6 in the Second edition. Regarding teaching the 3rd (or any) conditional, as others have noted, it comes down to strength of example and context. It is good to posit a mixed conditional alternative reality for "now" in addition to the imagined counter-reality set in the past: If Bruce Lee hadn't taken that aspirin, he would't've died/he would still be alive today. Page 263 of Swan & Walter's How English Works has some amusing (though quite lengthy and not exactly true or "well-known") story chains that force students to shuttle between two pairs of basic statements at a time, and then move one statement along and start again. For example: Mary's mother went out that evening > Mary had to cook for herself > got interested in cooking > opened very successful restaurant > had PM as customer > PM ordered mussels > mussels poisoned PM > PM died > Mary was prosecuted and went to prison for a long, long time. If Mary's mother hadn't gone out that evening, Mary wouldn't've had to cook for herself; If Mary hadn't had to cook for herself, she wouldn't've got/become interested in cooking; and so on. Some teachers may find such practice a little tedious and mechanical, but ultimately, moving from known facts/how things actually are and currently stand to hypotheses/imagining alternate and often better realities is what we are at least implicitly doing when we "somehow" formulate conditional utterances. I liken the spoken double contractions of 'wouldn't've had' etc to the sound a train's wheels make on the rails when coasting along fast: "tick-a-tick-ah". It probably isn't standard to have them in formal writing though: wouldn't have pp. (In speech, have or 've are both still a syllable long, but at least the latter is substantially reduced, merging into the preceding syllable). Another thing I like to work on is getting listeners (person B) to respond with at least some appropriate modal clauses (the context represented by and in the if-clause is either too obvious, or already "given"/shared thanks to A's storytelling, and thus not always necessary to go through or back over and "repeat"): A: I love chocolate, I've eaten 2 kilos so far today, and plan on eating at least another 2! - B: I'd cut down on how much chocolate you eat (if I were you (eating so much chocolate))! A: ...so I was out on this date with this beautiful girl in this swanky restaurant, and this guy suddenly comes up to our table and tells me to get out! B: I'd've hit him (if I'd been there/were you)! Who the hell was he, or did he think he was, speaking to you like that?! Note that this last activity won't work with 'will' (i.e. the modal half of the first conditional) anytime the speaker is expressing their personal, more or less immediate reaction/snap decision, rather than predicting what somebody else will (only might) do. Compare the following examples: A: I was flirting with that new secretary... B: The boss will want to fire you if he finds out. He always has first dibs on the new girls. A: Oh no, the train's been cancelled! B: I'll get a taxi (?if...).Last edited by fluffyhamster on Sun Mar 10, 2013 2:51 am; edited 12 times in total Back to top Denim-ManiacJoined: 31 Jan 2012Posts: 1238 Posted: Sun Feb 10, 2013 10:26 pm Post subject: Sashadroogie wrote: The main problem that learners have with conditionals is the same as that which teachers can sometimes have: the words used to describe it. Mainly, for Third Conditional it is misleading to use terms like Past Perfect and Present Perfect when describing the form, though many grammars do just this. I felt like that when I typed my response ... hence going back to edit it and add the reference of Face2Face I think for the purpose of a CELTA course that Face2Face form would be pretty much all the course instructors are seeking though. Id still plump for 'important moments in life' for context though. Unless I knew the students very well Id be hesitant to do regrets. Anyway, here is my marker sentence. Completing initial teacher training is obviously a real important moment! I passed my CELTA in 2008. If I hadnt passed my CELTA, I wouldn't have understood the 3rd conditional structure. Back to top johnslatJoined: 21 Jan 2003Posts: 13859Location: Santa Fe, New Mexico, USA Posted: Sun Feb 10, 2013 10:51 pm Post subject: Dear Demin_Maniac, "If I hadn't passed my CELTA, I wouldn't have understood the 3rd conditional structure." Maybe a slight problem with that. By using the third conditional in the main sentence, the implication (since it's in the past) is that you don't understand it now. A mixed conditional might be better: If I hadn't passed my CELTA, I wouldn't understand the 3rd conditional structure. Regards, John Back to top artemisiaJoined: 04 Nov 2008Posts: 875Location: the world Posted: Mon Feb 11, 2013 3:17 am Post subject: Hi Augustus, With the 3rd conditional, Ive found it useful to focus on and establish real scenarios in the past with students (they did something/ they didnt do something). This can be as simple as not calling someone and missing out on something / drinking too much coffee and feeling sick / not going to bed early (staying up all night playing computer games) and feeling tired. You can get students to make 2 sets of sentences about past events and unfortunate consequences (which they later transform). The important point is that both sets of sentences have to be in the past simple tense. (I forgot to call my friend. She was very annoyed with me / I stayed up all night playing computer games. I felt tired this morning **). I then introduce the idea of unreal (past) situations and how we can express our feelings about what did or didnt happen. These can be about feelings of success/ relief: I moved out of the way in time. The car didnt hit me. (If I hadnt moved when I did, the car would have hit me), but 3rd conditionals, as noted here, are most commonly associated with expressions of feelings of regret and that's the case with your example. On the board: I failed my exam. I ask the class: How do I feel about that? / Why did I fail the exam? (I didnt study hard enough etc.). I write up their ideas and sometimes ask students to combine the ideas: I failed my exam because .... (I didnt study hard enough). Then I say something along the lines of: I really wanted to pass that exam! It was stupid of me not to study more. How could things be different now? (Ideas from class) Can I change the past? (Ask class) No, but I still want this to be different. I didnt study hard, but...: On the board: If I had studied harder, I wouldnt have failed my exam. (Elicited from students if they (sort of) know it). I usually see what students already know and if its correct, I write it up. Some of them have quite likely had this form before, but probably cant put all the parts together. I ask them which sentence describes the real past situation and the unreal past situation (usually regretful feelings that express what would/could/might have happened). You can use concept checking questions [CCQ]: Did I study hard enough? Did I pass the exam? ** You can combine 3rd & 2nd conditionals to make a mixed version by having a list of past events and present consequences: I forgot to call my friend. She is very annoyed with me. (If I hadn't forgotten to call my friend, she wouldn't be annoyed with me) / I arrived late to class. I don't understand anything!! (If I hadn't arrived late to class, I would understand everything!!). Again, I ask students to focus on the real situation first. I prefer that students have a fairly good grasp of 2nd and 3rd conditionals before attempting mixed ones because theyre all quite difficult structures. Back to top Cool TeacherJoined: 18 May 2009Posts: 930Location: Here, There and Everywhere! :D Posted: Mon Feb 11, 2013 3:35 am Post subject: Re: Grammar analysis Well, without being too fogyish I should say that aren't we helping you with your homework? In my day that was called cheating? Anyway, why are you taking an exam for CELTA, when I did it it was all teaching and assignments. Looks like other things have changed since my day. Anyway, good luck! Back to top artemisiaJoined: 04 Nov 2008Posts: 875Location: the world Posted: Mon Feb 11, 2013 3:47 am Post subject: It's up to Augustus what he/she decides to read here and take on. I don't see anything wrong with passing on help and ideas to someone starting out. If I did, I wouldn't contribute. Augustus has already had quite a lot of flak for this. It'd be different if little to no attempt had been made to address the question before posting here, but that's not the situation. It's for an assignment, not an exam. 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It's been said before, but I think it's important enough to bear repeating: When it comes to a stroke, time lost is brain lost.
The more time that passes between the onset of a stroke and treatment, the more likely that brain functions are permanently lost. Generally, a person who is treated within three hours of experiencing a stroke – specifically an ischemic stroke (one caused by a blood clot in the brain) – has a 30-percent greater chance of recovering with no or little debilitating effects.
We must treat a stroke, or brain attack, like a heart attack. But getting prompt medical attention and an accurate diagnosis within three hours may not be as easy as it seems.
First, there is the barrier of realizing you are having a stroke. Although information about the warning signs of stroke is readily available (for more, read my blog post "Strokes – Not Just for Old Folks"), many people are reluctant to admit to themselves that they may be having a stroke when it happens. By the time the symptoms become serious and they seek medical attention, precious time has already passed. I must reiterate that if you or someone you know is showing signs of a stroke, no matter how minor the signs seem to be, it is vital to get medical help immediately.
Secondly, it may take some time to get an accurate diagnosis once you are in the care of medical personnel. When it comes to treatment of acute stroke, not all hospitals are the same. For this reason, I strongly recommend that you know the location of the nearest hospital that is certified as a primary stroke center by The Joint Commission (an independent group that accredits U.S. health care organizations) in collaboration with the American Stroke Association and the Brain Attack Coalition. Hospitals that are designated as primary stroke centers have been recognized for their exceptional stroke care, and must meet clinical requirements and performance-measuring activities shown to significantly improve outcomes for stroke patients. As of Oct. 1, 2009, there are more than 600 certified stroke centers in 49 states. The Stroke Program at Cedars-Sinai in Los Angeles, where I work, is a certified primary stroke center.
To locate a certified primary stroke center near you, visit The Joint Commission's Quality Check Web site. You can search by zip code or state. Once you've selected your area, narrow your search by selecting "Type of Provider/Certification" and choose "Certified Programs/Disease-Specific Care." You will see a list of all certified hospitals in the area and the types of accreditation they've received from The Joint Commission, including whether they are a primary stroke center.
Thirdly, those who have suffered a transient ischemic attack (TIA), or mini stroke, may not even realize they are having a serious health emergency at all, and never seek medical help. During a TIA, a person experiences stroke symptoms that typically last for a minute or two and then disappear. Although a TIA does not cause permanent brain damage, it is often a precursor to a real stroke. Recent studies have shown that stroke risk after a TIA is very high, especially in the first few days after the TIA; according to the National Stroke Association, up to 40 percent of people who experience a TIA will go on to have an actual stroke. In this situation, it is crucial to get prompt medical attention in order to reduce the likelihood that you'll have a full-blown stroke.
When it comes to strokes, three hours may mean the difference between full recovery and lifelong debilitation, even death. Be prepared by learning the symptoms, knowing the location of your nearest primary stroke center and, above all, not hesitating to seek immediate medical care.
Mind your health,
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साजन की हो गयी गोरी ………
She left this ephemeral , painful world for her eternal journey . She joined her lover , the God , and became one with him .
Hindi cinema had many famous and powerful mother figures . Durga Khote , Lalita Pawar , Leela Chitnis , Kamini Kaushal , Achala Sachdev and Sulochna are some of the most famous mothers of Hindi cinema . In recent history Nirupa Roy became an ultimate mother figure . Dulari, though not as famous as her other illustrious peers , was also a popular mother figure of Hindi films .
She started as a heroine in a couple of films . Immortal hits like " Aana Meri Jaan Meri Jaan , Sunday Ke Sunday " and " Jawaani Ki Rail Chali Jaaye Re " , both from " Shehnai " [ 1947 ] were filmed on her .
I first noticed her in Bimal Roy's " Devdas " [ 1955 ] . Two songs , written by Sahir Ludhianvi and tuned by Sachin Dev Burman , were filmed on her . " Aan Milo Aan Milo Shyam Sanware " and " Sajan Ki Ho Gayi Gori " are connoisseurs delight even today . She played a Vaishnavi Saint with Nana Palsikar as her screen companion . A young Paro , played by Baby Naaz , was sitting on a branch of a mango tree and was remembering Devdas , while Nana Palsikar sang the song and danced . Dulari was just sitting calmly and singing the female version sung by Geeta Dutt . Her calm and serene face remained in my memory . In the same film , years later , when Paro grew older [ played by etherial Suchitra Sen ] , she was again sitting and remembering Devdas . Again same Vaishnav saints came and started singing . Now the song was " Sajan Ki Ho Gayi Gori " . I am unable to forget these scenes , these two songs , melancholic face of Paro , played by Baby Naaz and Suchitra Sen respectively and of course Nana Palsikar and Dulari .
Then , years later I watched " Padosan " [ 1968 ] and " Gopi " [ 1973 ] . In both the films she played the maternal aunt of lead actors ; Sunil Dutt and Dilip Kumar . Memory of her earlier starrers " Shehnai " [ 1947 ] , and " Devdas " [ 1955 ] once again became fresh in my mind . It is not that I have seen only above mentioned 4 films . I have seen innumerable films of her . But these 4 remain in my memory .
A Kanyakubj Brahman from the Awadh region of Uttar Pradesh , she was born and brought up in Maharashtra . She spent her childhood in Nagpur , where she was born on 18th April 1928. Her name was Ambika but she was nick-named Rajdulari and later on only Dulari remained and the world knew her as Dulari .
Later on she played small roles in films like " Ghar " [ 1945 ] , " Kulkalank " [ 1945 ] , 'Ahinsa', 'Black Market', 'Namak', 'Pati Sewa', 'Rangeen Kahani' [ all 1947 ] . But Dulari got her real due with 'Filmistan's super hit film " Shehnai " [ 1947 ] . She played Rehana's elder sister in the movie and her leading man was Mehmood's father Mumtaz Ali . As I mentioned earlier two immortal songs were picturized on her in this film . " Aana Meri Jaan Meri Jaan , Sunday Ke Sunday " and " Jawaani Ki Rail Chali Jaaye Re " .
After 1959 , after two years hiatus , she started her second innings from 1961 and for the next 35 years, Dulari played many big and small roles in almost 135 films like 'Jab Pyar Kisi Se Hota Hai', 'Mujhe Jeene Do', 'Apne Hue Paraye', 'Aap Aaye bahaar Aai', 'Aaye Din Bahaar Ke', Anupama', 'Teesri Kasam', 'Padosan', 'Aradhna', 'Aaya Sawan Jhoom Ke', 'Chiraagh', 'Inteqaam', 'Aan Milo Sajna', 'Heer Ranjha', 'Johny Mera Naam', 'Caravan', 'Laal Patthar', 'Beimaan', 'Seeta Aur Geeta', 'Raja Rani', 'Ameer Gareeb', 'Haath Ki Safai', 'Deewar', 'Do Jasoos', 'Aahuti', 'Ganga Ki Saugandh', 'Biwi O Biwi', 'Naseeb', 'Prem Rog', 'Agar Tum Na Hote and 'Dharmadhikari'. And then one day she quietly retired from the world of movies.
Later on she did only two films . " Surya " [ 1989 ] and " Ziddi " [ 1997 ] . Ziddi directed by Guddu Dhanoa is her last film . Thus from " Jhoola " [ 1941 ] to " Ziddi " [ 1997 ] , her career span was 56 years .
After a career spanning 56 years and after 171 hindi, 35 Gujarati, 3 Marathi and 1 Rajasthani film , she left Mumbai and went to live with her daughter in Indore . She also acted in a 'Shri Adhikari Brothers' serial called 'Waqt Ki Raftaar' .
During her final years Dulari ji was suffering from Alzheimer and was admitted to ICU in a hospital in PUNE in the last week of December '12 where at the age of 85 she breathed her last on 18th January 2013 around 10 a.m. She was cremated on 19th January 2013 in the noon in Pune.
I offer my condolences on behalf myself and on behalf of all the students and staff of VIDUR Acting Institute , which is known as Vidur's Kreating Charakters . May God give eternal peace to Dulari Ji and strength to her daughter and other near and dear ones to bear this loss .
I can visualize a frail , 85-year-old , lonely lady suffering from Alzheimer , sitting without a friend or companion in an old age home with blank eyes and waiting for some elusive loving one . Long windy nights of winter , dull and dusty days of summer and wet , pouring and dreary evenings of rainy season must have come and gone without any trace of succour . It is painful , very painful . Finally , only death could relieve her from her pain .
साजन की हो गयी गोरी ………
Rest in peace Dulari ji ! A tearful farewell from an ardent fan . I am happy that you left this cruel , selfish , cussed world . May , in next life , you get everything that you have ever desired for you .
[ While writing this blog , I have taken few facts and materials from the article " Aan Milo Aan Milo Shyam Sanware'-Dulari " , written by Shri Shishir Krishna Sharma for his 'Sahara Samay' column 'kya bhooloon kya yaad karoon' . I am indebted . ]
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Real Sword Type 97
-Extremely realistic build
-Unique looks
-Strong construction and easy take-down
-Limited battery space
A fantastic AEG from RS, providing a rigid platform for upgrades - or just a general assault weapon out of the box! One of the most realistic constructions we have seen, this model may very well set a new record to the amount of details in one airsoft gun!
Norinco is a fairly well known name for anyone into real firearms. The name is short for North Industries Corporation, and the production facilities are used to manufacture a very wide selection of pretty much anything from sewing machines to high-tech long range suppression weapon systems! While the finish of the equipment is not always made to please the western eye, the functionality of the products is very high in contrast to the low cost. Their 1911A1-clone is actually credited for having the slide and frame made out of higher grade steel than many of its American produced counterparts! It is a popular base for custom 1911s among people who want a cost-effective base for their handgun.
Naturally, the weapons for the Chinese military forces are nowadays produced mostly by Norinco, and this includes the QBZ97, or "Type 97". The Type-97 is a 5.56x45 mm export version of the standard QBZ95, the former being chambered for the Chinese-developed 5.8x42 mm cartridge. As much as we'd like to go into detail about these, this article is about the airsoft version. More info on the real one can be found here and here. Open them in other tabs, because now we move on to the airsoft version!
The RS Type 97 comes packaged neatly in a cardboard box with padding to protect the AEG in the rigours of transit. Apart from the Type 97 and a 130 round M16 type magazine, the box contains a manual, a red muzzle cap, loading tools, an accessory/cleaning kit (real type), and a small oil can.
The manual is a very positive surprise for a change. The manual has clear diagrams, but also all the text in English, as well as a history explanation about Chinese assault rifles and the QBZ97. This kind of devotion indicates that the manufacturer has a deeper understanding of their product, instead of just making something that looks the same. The Type 97 has a standard 14 mm left hand (CCW) thread on the steel outer barrel, for attachment of a different flash hider, muzzle brake or suppressor.
The RS Type 97 feels incredibly solid in the hands, and quite heavy for the average size. The first comparison that springs into mind is the FA-MAS (because the amount of plastics, and flat surfaces), but still the Type 97 is completely different inside out. The first very obvious difference is that instead of the ABS plastic found on Japanese AEGs, RS uses reinforced polymer 66 (Nylon) for the plastic components. This is the same polymer that's most popular in real firearms with plastic parts as well. There are no creaks of flexes to be found in this model, and the center of balance is just a bit to the rear of the grip.
Not only are the plastic parts higher grade with better looks, but the metal parts are all steel, with the exception of the receiver, which is forged and CNC-machined duraluminum. The one-piece steel outer barrel is attached to the receiver via a trunion block and two large hollow pins (not the spring type though), to create a rigid platform for everything that is attached to the AEG: The inner barrel and hop-up have a precise fit with the outer barrel, and the gearbox locks onto the receiver positively as well. Add to this the steel scope mount rail that is also monolithic with the other parts, and you have a rock solid spine.
The receiver is finished by hard-anodizing to match the exact look and durability of the real one, but on the inside it is designed to fit the AEG gearbox only. Naturally as real as an airsoft gun looks on the outside, the insides still have to meet the requirements of a gearbox. The outer barrel has six holes drilled straight through, to further prevent any conversions and to meet the import requirements of certain countries. The holes are only visible when you disassemble the AEG, so they don't compromise the realistic looks at all!
Getting the gearbox out of the AEG proved to be easy, but it doesn't stop there. The gearbox features a rear cap that allows removal of the spring guide and spring by unscrewing one screw. For example if you prefer 400 fps for woodland gaming and a more target friendly velocity for indoors, you can swap the spring in three minutes with just one screwdriver! The parts inside the gearbox can handle hefty upgrades, but we would suggest solid bushings on the sector gear if you go over 450 fps. Naturally with harder upgrades you will also need a bigger battery to cycle the mechanism.
The internal parts are nothing short of great quality. Everything from the shell to the polymer and metal parts is high quality, and professionally assembled for a smooth running result. The gears are marked RS, and have a slight chamfer on the edges. The material is rock hard, and we have no doubts that these gears are virtually indestructible! (A too strong spring would break the bearings or stall the motor far before the strength limit of the gears is met.) The anti-reverse latch catches the bevel gear teeth directly, so instead of the traditional 2-5 steps the latch has 10 steps for stopping the gear backlash.
The spring guide as well as the piston head are standard AEG type, and can be changed to bearing versions. The spring guide rear tab is specially made for the RS, and not all spring guides allow you to change this part. We recommend the Systema spring guide if you wish to add a bearing for the spring.
One example of the amount of thought and design that has gone into this gearbox is the cylinder head. Now, offset nozzles is not a new thing. The TM Version 6 and 7 gearboxes have it, as well as some other designs. But with the Type 97, the barrel meets the receiver at a height that required the nozzle to be offset even more, right next to the cylinder wall. Because RS wanted to keep the external dimensions precise, enlarging the stock and receiver even just by 1 mm was out of the question. The solution was to machine a thinner groove for the O-ring on the cylinder head, and use a special O-ring with a cross section that looks like this: () instead of being completely round. The nozzle has an O-ring as well, and the piston head is ventilated as the norm is today. We tried to push the piston manually into the cylinder assembly with the nozzle plugged, but the pneumatics are air tight. The rear stroke and nozzle movement were smooth, so the tightness was not achieved by increasing friction either.
If we asked Xzibit to work on this gun, we could very well finally see the coffee machine on an assault rifle, and perhaps a mini LCD TV in the magazine well or something. When it comes to useful accessories, the Type 97 accepts the usual suppressors on the 14 mm left hand (CCW) thread, and features include an integrated optics rail. It follows a Chinese military standard, but RS make a separate picatinny rail for mounting red dots and other optics easily. Since this is the 5.56 version, you might as well install western optics on the gun. The magazine well is M16 type, which means that a wide variety of magazines are already available, and naturally the RS M16 steel magazines can be used in the various M16/M4 models on the market.
After seeing the first pictures of the real QZB95 and the Type 97 variant, we thought the best word to describe it would be "different", to say it politely. The pictures don't really do justice to the sleek and ergonomic appearance of the Type 97, but you have to see and feel it. Despite the real one being among the most popular assault rifles in the world when it comes to production numbers, it is not very widespread outside of China or instantly recognizable by the big public like an M16, AK, MP5 or UZI. Still, it is an effective and versatile airsoft gun, and the practical points speak for this AEG if you want to choose something different to stand out from the crowds.
The RS Type 97 is in training use with the Chinese armed forces, and was not accepted by light standards either. It is safe to say that it is an electric gun closer to a true training weapon than simply a BB hose for skirmishing.
Here's the video we took of the Real Sword Type 97:
The RS Type 97 and the compatible accessories are available at Redwolf Airsoft. Check out the list below!
|Product Name
|Brief Description
|RS Type 97
|NEW! This RS Type 97 is a faithful replica of the real steel. 100% of the dimensions, same materials used, a fantastic AEG!
|RS M16/Type 97 130rds Steel Magazine
|These realistic steel mags are made to the same manufacturing process as the real-steel one! Ultra authentic!!
|RS M16/Type 97 300rds Steel Magazine
|These realistic steel mags are made to the same manufacturing process as the real-steel one! Ultra authentic!!
|RS 97 Series Gun Sling
|A perfect accessory for the RS Type 97 - a high quality sling for carrying it around with.
|RS 97 Picatinny Mount Base for RS Type 97
|This CNC-machined rail will allow scopes to be added to the new RS Type 97!


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Mourning never looked so fun! Raising Hope's third season premieres with what might be the cheeriest funeral ever to grace the small screen.
A new preview for the Fox comedy shows the Chance family gathered together to honor the life of Sabrina's grandmother, who is described by her portrayer, Tippi Hedren, as "the most despicable character."
Playing Sabrina's mom, the narcissistic Tamara, is Hedren's real-life daughter, Melanie Griffith. "Your grandmother is dead," Tamara tells Sabrina (Shannon Woodward). "We should be celebrating."
Exclusive: Raising Hope taps Will & Grace alum to lead couples retreatBut it appears Sabrina might be celebrating something else in the near future: her engagement! According to Woodward, Nana's will might include a stipulation requiring Sabrina to marry before inheriting property. Will Jimmy and Sabrina — Sabrimmy? — take their relationship to the next level?Watch the sneak peek below. Raising Hope returns Tuesday, Oct. 2 at 8/7c on Fox.


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Photo by Andy Beale.
150 activists turned out in solidarity on February 8 to erect a protest tent outside a Palestinian house in Sheikh Jarrah, East Jerusalem.
All ten members of the Shamasna family living inside the house have been told by Israeli authorities to leave by March 1 or face forced eviction. They are the fifth family to face expulsion in the neighbourhood during the current eviction phase that the Israeli authorities have initiated.
During the course of the day the demonstrators marched out onto Nablus Road, waving banners and chanting slogans to make their statements and claims clear to drivers and pedestrians on the busy main street. A few days earlier, Israeli authorities explicitly told the Shamasna family that they "do not want trouble in this neighbourhood following the eviction order."
Fayrouz Sharqawi, co-ordinator at Grassroots Jerusalem, an online network providing a connection between human rights activists in the city, has aspirations for the protest tent scheme to develop and demonstrate at every eviction in the area.
"In other neighbourhoods, the tent demonstrations did not work so well because it was elevated above the local community. Here, we believe in community-led demonstrations that will foster more confidence and continue the fight in a better way," she said.
Of the twenty-eight families in the neighbourhood, eighteen are considered to be under threat from eviction. People know they will be evicted, but it is just a question of when.
Mohammad Shamasna, the father of the family living in the targeted house, explains "Today's demonstration is not just for my family, but for everyone facing eviction."
Photo by Andy Beale.
The "Guardian" and the "Star"
"Giving one property back to its 'rightful' and 'legal' owners is the easiest thing for any state to do, it makes it look like the state is doing a good thing," states Fayrouz.
However the 'good thing' that the Israeli state is is quite the opposite.
Eighteen Palestinian families have the new unprotected contracts. These are the families that will face eviction in the coming years, if not months or weeks
Eighteen Palestinian families have the new unprotected contracts. These are the families that will face eviction in the coming years, if not months or weeks
In times pre-dating the Israeli state, the entire land was owned by Palestinians. At some point during this period, the Palestinians rented the houses to some Jewish families.
Following the Nakba in 1948, Palestinian owners of the properties were removed and fled elsewhere. Other Palestinians, who had fled from areas in current-day Israel, took up residence in these empty houses, as refugees. The Shamasna family in particular fled their home in current-day West Jerusalem to take refuge in Sheikh Jarrah, East Jerusalem. Their actual home is still visible from the main highway into the Jerusalem city from Tel Aviv.
After the 1967 war, the authority for the houses was passed to the Israelis in the form of the Guardian of Absentee Properties law. Under legal contract, the "Guardian" was the sole protector of the Palestinians living in their new houses as long as they paid rent and renewed the contract every year.
Under protected tenancy with the "Guardian," the Palestinians were safe in their new houses.
However, representatives from the "Guardian" would gradually dupe Palestinian families into signing manipulative contracts. The representatives would infiltrate the family's social life, drinking coffee with the adults or playing games with the children, and then offer new contracts that would remove all protection over their houses. The contracts were written entirely in Hebrew. These 'new' contracts, that offered no insurance to their houses, are now being used to evict the Palestinians.
Locals then say that a man named Ariah King, or the "Star", as they like to call him, is the next link in the chain of manipulating Palestinian houses out of Jerusalem.
He finds details of the Jewish people who lived there hundreds of years ago. After tracking down their present-day ancestors, he subsequently gives them enormous amounts of money, much to their disbelief, in exchange for the "20 metres square" that they own in Jerusalem.
He then simply sells the prized land in Holy Jerusalem to Jewish settlers for even more money. The state of Israel merely has to evict the current residents to make way for the 'true' owners of the properties. Ergo the eviction of Palestinian families and the continuation of the Judization of Jerusalem.
Eighteen Palestinian families have the 'new' un-protected contracts, including the Shamasna's. These are the families that will face eviction in the coming years, if not months or weeks.
Abdulazraq Sheikh-Umar, a community leader, has one opinion on the matter.
"If you want to claim back the properties that were once yours that is fine, take them!" he said. "Just as long as we can have our properties that were taken from us in 1948. Don't come to us and use double standards."
By Israeli standards, the evictions are legal and the state is acting as enforcer of the law. However it is only doing so behind a veil of legitimacy crafted by agents working below it who twist and manipulate human life to their advantage.
The protest tent and grassroots action provide some resistance to the apartheid system faced by families of Sheikh Jarrah and the rest of East Jerusalem.
"There is no justice from the Israeli courts, so we are doing it our way," Fayrouz underlines. Responsibility must now also lie with the international community to recognize and condemn the injustice being planted on innocent Palestinians living in East Jerusalem.
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Buggy Smith
Ray Smith's historic wagons and carriages appeal to
horse owners who would rather drive than ride
Buggy Smith
Ray Smith's historic wagons and carriages appeal to
horse owners who would rather drive than ride
Buggy Smith
Ray Smith's historic wagons and carriages appeal to
horse owners who would rather drive than ride
by Bob McEowen
Ray Smith has heard every old horse and buggy story at least once.
The memories begin almost as soon as he swings open the double doors
to his storage barn. With one glimpse of the stable full of wagons,
carriages and buggies many visitors instantly recall a childhood spent
farming with horses or delivering goods on a wagon.
"It seems like every older fella that comes here and looks at
one of these buggies has to tell me some story," Ray says. "I've
listened to more stories than you can imagine."
Not that Ray minds. After all, customers come to Ray to relive a time
when driving to town meant harnessing a horse and watching the scenery
glide slowly by to the sound of clopping hooves. Whatever kind of horse-drawn
vehicle his customers remember, chances are this Ozark Border Electric
Cooperative member has something like it in his barn. If not, he can
build it.
A former pilot, Ray has turned an interest in buggies into a business.
Today, Smith-Made Wagons and Carriages builds and sells about a dozen
historically accurate horse-drawn vehicles each year from Ray's
home near Mill Spring.
Instead of waiting
for customers to order a specific vehicle, Ray offers a variety.
His company — in reality, Ray,
a couple of friends who pitch in on projects and the occasional hired
craftsman — turns
out a bewildering array of buggies and carriages.
"There are so many different models of wagons. I have over 60 copies of
original plans of different kinds of vehicles," Ray says. "We try
to build something that we think somebody would really enjoy."
Currently, his barn is stocked with everything from a two-wheel cart to an
enclosed delivery wagon modeled after a vehicle John Deere sold at the turn
of the last century. He has utilitarian spring wagons, practical runabouts,
an upscale doctor's
buggy and a fancy surrey with the requisite fringe on top. One carriage, called
a storm wagon, features leather side panels that roll down for protection from
the elements. Under construction in his barn is a true buckboard — the
natural give of its wooden frame, rather than springs, soften the bumpy ride.
In part, Ray stocks so many vehicles to increase his chances of making a sale.
Often horse-drawn vehicle enthusiasts travel great distances to visit Ray. Having
a number of carriages in stock increases the chance the visitor will leave a
"It's an emotional buy," Ray says. "If you don't
have an inventory of different styles people will come and look at one thing
and they'll say, 'Oh yeah, that's nice.' It's much
better if you can say, 'I have a selection out here. Which one would you
The real reason Ray offers so many different vehicles is that he enjoys building
and driving something new. Ray finds inspiration for future projects while
perusing original horse-drawn vehicle literature published by Sears and Roebuck,
John Deere and smaller coachworks, like the Kelks Buggy Company of Sedalia.
"That's the fun of it," he says. "I go through all the
catalogs I have and say, 'Oh, I'd like to build that.'
"That doesn't mean that somebody is going to buy it," Ray admits. "It's
just enjoyable to build it. I'll drive it for a while and hope somebody
will buy it and take it away from me."
Like his customers, 74-year-old Ray has his own story to tell. When Ray was a
boy his father farmed cotton in central California.
"I used to see him coming down the rows with a cultivator and two mules," he
recalls. "That was always exciting to me."
While his father
earned a living from the ground, Ray sought his livelihood in the
air. Ray became a pilot and eventually operated a flying school,
aircraft dealership and charter service near San Francisco. In 1967,
as a respite from his business, he found relaxation restoring an
old spring wagon.
"I took it apart and I suddenly realized, my, there was a lot of thought
that went into building one of these things, a lot of engineering," he
Ray learned of a few old wagon makers still living and working in California's
Gold Rush region and began visiting their shops. These men, remnants of the
original carriage trade that lasted into the 1920s, provided Ray with a link
to a time when horses-drawn vehicles were the primary mode of transportation.
In addition, Ray visited museums and private collections to study wagon construction,
take photographs and record dimensions of old vehicles.
By 1974 Ray was so steeped in old wagons that he bought 14 at one time
and set about restoring them. All this experience — Ray says he restored
more than 30 horse-drawn vehicles before building his first one from scratch — made
Ray an expert in his own right.
"The way you really learn to do these things is restore a lot of them," he
says. "That's really the best way — that and find as
many old wagon makers as you can and ask them as many questions as you
Ray was content to fly airplanes and build and restore wagons on the side
until a series of events changed his life forever. In 1980, Ray's first wife
died. Three years later his aviation career was grounded. "In 1982, I busted
my flight physical and found out I was diabetic. That ended my flying," he
Ray sold his business, which at that time included a fleet of 11 airplanes,
and took up real estate sales. Eventually he remarried. His new wife, Jan,
was originally from Missouri. In 1996 the couple moved from California
to care for Jan's
father and bought a farm along the Black River, south of Piedmont.
Here Ray built his buggy business. Selling primarily through wagon auctions and
to word-of-mouth prospects, he has supplied a fairly steady stream of horse enthusiasts
who would rather drive a buggy than ride.
"The last few years driving has really taken hold," Ray says. "It's
amazing how many people drive and how many clubs there are throughout the
country. Thousands of people are driving now."
While Ray has sold a number of wagons and carriages in Missouri, many of
his buggies go to other states. He's sold vehicles to customers in
Arkansas, Illinois, Kansas, Louisiana and California. One wagon he restored
was used in the television show "Dr. Quinn, Medicine Woman." He
later built a pair of buckboards for the show.
At one time Ray
made almost every part on his vehicles, including wheels. Today,
Ray concentrates on woodworking and buys wheels, axles and other
parts from specialty suppliers — a practice common to 19th-century
wagon builders as well.
As much as possible Ray says he strives to build vehicles like those
of his predecessors. "We
make them like they were built 100 years ago," he says. "That's
the fun of it for me."
Ray's current inventory includes wagons and buggies that range
in price from about $1,200 for a two-wheel cart, to more than $4,000
for a surrey. At those prices, a buggy or wagon is within reach of most
horse enthusiasts, Ray says. "A couple of thousand dollars will
get them a nice vehicle that they can enjoy."
And that, more
than the money he makes selling about one vehicle a month, provides
the real satisfaction for Ray. When the doors to the barn close,
with one less wagon inside, Ray knows he's done his part in
helping someone relive a memory.
"It's a labor of love," he
says as he stands by a wagon in progress in his workshop. "I
get a lot of gratification when I see somebody buy something like
this and really enjoy it."
For more information, write Ray Smith at Smith-Made Wagons and Carriages,
Rt. 1, Box 1422, Mill Spring, MO 63952; or call (573) 223-2019.
For information about wagons and wagon parts please contact
Ray Smith directly by phone or mail at the address above.
For information about wagons and wagon parts please contact
Ray Smith directly by phone or mail at the address above.
For information about wagons and wagon parts please contact
Ray Smith directly by phone or mail at the address above.


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The oval bowl with a molded rattail attachment surrounded by engraved scrolling foliage, which extends up the flat shaft with an engraved and molded lace-top trefid terminal, further engraving at the bowl juncture
7 1/2" Long / 1.4 oz
Note: TZ - Thomas Issod - TZ crowned, see London Silver Spoonmakers, 1500-1697, Tim Kent, p. 50, #61, for a discussion of the mark.
Lace-back trefids are much rarer than plain trefids – the earliest of the modern form. The earliest trefid recorded is in 1662, becoming more common in the 1670's, and were made only until c1700.


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MLB Headlines: Braves Closers, Millwood to Indians, and Vladimir to Baltimore
Braves Likely to Split
Closing Duties: Kimbrel and Venters
Already some panic from fantasy managers before the season
has even commenced because Braves manager Fredi Gonzalez uttered the dreaded
words: "a closer's platoon."
The Braves seem to be loaded with talent on the hill and two
young hurlers coming off incredible 2010 performances are in position to pitch
the ninth inning.
First is Craig Kimbrel, who in 21 appearances surrendered
just one earned run, and a ******** 40 strikeouts. He does walk a lot of batters, but if his
first look is any indicator of what's to come, he could be even better than
Billy Wagner. Right-handers hit just
.079 off him last season.
Then there is Jonny Venters, who struck out 93 batters in 83
innings. A southpaw, lefties hit just
.198 against him. So maybe not as
dominant as Kimbrel, but he is more proven with a full season under his
Both players are worth drafting due to their great
peripheral numbers. Kimbrel gets the
slight edge, but is also more risky.
Millwood to the
Despite rumors that have the 36-year old signing with the
Yankees, Millwood is likely returning to Cleveland, where he posted a stellar
2.86 ERA in 2005. Of course, since then
there have been struggles.
Millwood has lost 10-plus games in six straight seasons and
last year hit a new low with a 4-16 record and 5.10 ERA.
Millwood is very hittable and gives up a lot of home runs,
so a move out of the American League East is probably a good move for the
veteran hurler.
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One of the great hitters of his generation and a likely Hall
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home runs, 115 RBI, and a .300 average for the Rangers. The good news is that he was not just a
product of the ballpark, as 13 home runs and 52 RBI came on the road.
Now that he will join the Orioles lineup, you should expect
a solid season with 20-plus home runs and a .280-plus average, but the
combination of another year under his belt and a less power-friendly confines
should keep expectations lower than a year ago.
Guerrero enters the season just 73 hits shy of 2500 for his
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As the parents of fallen Army Capt. Humayun Khan continue to voice their concerns about Donald Trump's candidacy for president — and Trump defends his remarks about them — visitors to Arlington National Cemetery are paying their respects where Khan was laid to rest.
Several people visited Khan's grave on Monday, leaving flowers at his headstone while Khan's service to the country is at the heart of a national debate.
Jake Dowell, of Chicago, went to the cemetery with his family to visit his grandfather's grave. When they learned about Khan, they wanted to honor him too, Dowell said.
"He was willing to step up and save the lives of men who were different skin color, who were different religions. Because they were American, he was willing to sacrifice his life for them," Dowell said. "He just acted upon his patriotism."
"He's an American hero. He served this country, died for this country," Dowell's father, Anthony Dowell, said.
D.C. resident Sally Schwartz visited Khan's grave on Monday with her mother.
"To go and see this captain that had sacrificed so much, it was really moving," she said.
Khan, a Muslim from Bristow, Virginia, was on tour in Iraq when he was killed by a suicide bomber on June 8, 2004. He was 27. Khan posthumously received a Purple Heart and a Bronze Star.
He rose to national attention again last week, when his parents, Khizr and Ghazala Khan, appeared at the Democratic National Convention. In an emotional speech that received rapturous applause, Pakistan-born Khizr Khan asked if Trump had read the Constitution, and said if it were up to Trump, his son never would have been American or served in the military.
"Have you ever been to Arlington cemetery?" he asked. "Go look at the graves of brave Americans who died defending United States of America. You will see all faiths, genders and ethnicities.
"You have sacrificed nothing and no one," Khizr Khan said to Trump.
Trump disputed that. He said Saturday on ABC's "This Week" that he had given up a lot for his businesses.
"I've made a lot of sacrifices. I work very, very hard. I've created thousands and thousands of jobs, tens of thousands of jobs, built great structures," he said, while also suggesting Ghazala Khan might not have been allowed to speak while she was on stage at the DNC.
Trump's campaign later issued a statement calling Capt. Khan a hero but said Khizr Khan had no right to intimate Trump hasn't read the Constitution. That prompted further rebuke from the Khans and many more, including other military families and President Obama.
On the "Today" show, Khizr Khan said he was grateful for all the support his family is receiving.
"The good thing out of all this has come that there has been so much love, so much courtesy, so much support. I am just amazed," he said. "My belief in the goodness of America is reaffirmed."


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Consumers have been slow to cut up their credit cards and turn on their mobile wallets. But this week, Google Wallet announced a string of features that—to make the proposition more enticing—let mobile wallets do things plastic credit cards don't.
Google Wallet product managers say they will provide I.D. verification so people can check in for a flight, download virtual boarding passes, and even keep their driver's license on their mobile phone. (Google GOOG -0.92% declined to say when these features would become available or how many people have downloaded the app thus far.)
Through its location-based GPS technology, it already sends shoppers coupons and real-time offers from nearby stores. Experts say these features should finally drive demand for the app. "It offers compelling convenience for consumers and retailers," says Ben Woolsey, spokesman for credit-card comparison site CreditCards.com.
Just like the Apple's AAPL +0.55% forthcoming Passbook app, which is due for release with the iPhone 5 next month, Google Wallet will allow consumers to download loyalty cards, money-off coupons and movie and concert e-tickets directly to the phone. Currently, the app supports MasterCard, Visa and Discover debit and credit cards and works in 200,000 locations nationwide.
"We want you to be able to leave your leather wallet at home," Robin Dua, Google Wallet's head of product management, told a Web conference this week.
Even when it comes to just making purchases, experts say Google Wallet has key advantages over most traditional plastic credit cards. For a start, Google Wallet can carry multiple credit, debit and store cards from different issuers, says Michelle Barnhart, assistant professor of marketing at Oregon State University College of Business.
And because it's a smartphone app, it also has the potential to be a virtual guide for customers in stores, directing them to the best bargains based on their previous purchases.
To be sure, the convenience of the e-wallet could also encourage shoppers to splurge. Previous studies have shown that people spend more when they use credit cards instead of cash because they think less about the value of their item. "Mobile wallets are even more abstract than cards," Barnhart says. "They are one step farther away from the reality of handing over cash." Google Wallet's "single tap" feature—similar to Amazon's "one click" buy button—could also encourage more impulse purchases, she says.
That said, it's still early days for services like Google Wallet. Thousands of merchants are still not set up for mobile payments, making it more difficult for smartphone users to cut up their plastic. What's more, consumers are still concerned about security issues. One U.K. survey found that 44% of people were reluctant to adopt mobile wallets due to fears of phone hacking; only 17% of those surveyed say they would use mobile wallets. (Google declined to comment.)
But not everyone agrees with that assessment. It's simply a case of technology trumping security, says independent retail analyst Jeff Green. "Those using this technology, the bulk of whom are under 40 years of age, care less about who knows their whereabouts or their buying habits," he says.
Woolsey of CreditCards.com says that most people are also prepared to trade privacy for convenience. "In the digital age, privacy is becoming a quaint and fleeting notion," he says, "unless we all go back to cash and pay phones."


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(Reuters) - David Beckham has suggested he is not the right man to light the Olympic flame to officially open the London Games, saying on Thursday the honor should go to an Olympian who has won gold medals.
Admitting his disappointment at failing to make Britain's Olympic soccer squad, Beckham took himself out of the running for one of the greatest honors that can be bestowed on a sportsman or woman but offered no hint as to who should have the job of lighting the cauldron on July 27.
"I've always said, lighting the torch in the stadium is something that should be done by an Olympian... who has done incredible things for our country and won gold medals," Beckham told reporters during an interview in Los Angeles.
After the decision to leave Beckham out of the Team GB soccer squad was announced, the odds on the Los Angeles Galaxy player lighting the Olympic cauldron were slashed with British bookmakers Ladbrokes quoting 5/1 at the time.
While Beckham has politely tried to remove himself from consideration as the athlete to open the Games, the former England captain had made no secret of his hopes of landing one of the three over-age spots in Stuart Pearce's Under-23 squad.
The world famous trend-setter, who is England's most capped outfield player with 115 appearances, has not featured for the national team since 2009 and instead of playing at the Games he will continue to perform his role as an Olympic ambassador.
"Obviously, all the talk of me possibly performing in the Olympics, it would have been a very proud moment for me," said Beckham, who was part of the bid team that helped win the Games.
"Everyone knows how proud I am of representing my country and to do it in my home town on such a big stage would have been incredible so, of course, I'm disappointed, but life goes on.
"My family are healthy, I'm pretty healthy, so at the end of the day, I'll be there to support the GB team.
"It's going to be a proud moment to be there and know that I was part of bringing the Olympics to the East End of London."
Beckham said support from family, friends and fans around the world had helped him get over the disappointment of missing out on the chance to march into the stadium as an athlete.
"The support has been incredible, the letters that I've got, phone calls that I've got," said Beckham. "Of course, I've had support from my family and friends, they are the ones that care and know how disappointed I am and I was at the time.
"Like I said, life moves on and I hope the GB team go to the Olympics and win as many medals, as many gold medals as possible."
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Before this town was here, before the railroads were here, before a post office was here, the Hodgsons were here.
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A photograph of River View Farm, taken shortly after house was built in 1899.
In 1871, Hannah and Henry Clay Hodgson moved into a one-room dugout on the banks of the Little Arkansas, their view a Native American camp on the other side of the river. They arrived in central Kansas in November, in the midst of a blizzard, and it took them three days from the train stop in Salina to get the 60 miles south to this outpost.
The Hodgsons had nine children in Virginia, too many boys to all be able to work the farm, so Henry Clay followed his brother, George, out onto the American frontier.
"In that one-room dugout was Henry Clay and Hannah; and one-year old Charles; his sister, Ann Eliza; his brother George; and a freed slave, Charles Brown," said Ed Hodgson, the great-grandson of Henry Clay and Hannah, who now farms this land. "But it was a terrible winter. They cried a lot."
The Hodgsons' story is much like the many settlers who faced severe hardships for the chance of free land offered by the Homestead Act, a revolutionary law signed in 1862 by President Abraham Lincoln, who said it would offer everyone "a fair chance in the race of life." The law is considered one of the most important in American history.
Power in the land
This year, the Homestead Act celebrates its 150th anniversary. It's credited with populating the West with European Americans farmers and putting much of the Great Plains into cultivation. In all, 270 million acres were settled in 30 states, covering 10 percent of U.S. land.
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At the Homestead National Monument, part of the National Park Service, near Beatrice, Neb. Mark Engler, left, superintendent, and Blake Bell, historian
"The United States became this agricultural super power, the bread basket of the world, because of all that land they gave away in homesteading and all that land is being turned into farmland," said Blake Bell, historian at the Homestead National Monument of America in Beatrice, Neb.
The monument is at the site of the first homestead. The land is now home to a museum that rises up on the plains as if growing in the tall-grass prairie, its roof shaped like a huge silver plow, facing due west. It was here that the first homesteader, Daniel Freeman in a hurry to return to the Union side of the Civil War signed up with a land agent just after midnight on Jan. 1, 1863.
Passed by Congress during the Civil War, the Homestead Act allowed anyone over the age of 21 to file a claim for 160 acres even women and slaves, people who were considered property until this time. Settlers had to be U.S. citizens or planning to become citizens, as the act, widely advertised in Europe, also allowed for the naturalization of immigrants.
"Not only are we inviting immigrants to come to the country, but we're also accommodating them by giving them a path to citizenship. To me that's an immigration bill," Bell said. "And it's an accommodating immigration law at that. It's not restrictive in any way. It's very, very unique and very, very revolutionary."
But this law very clearly excluded one group of people. Native Americans were removed by false treaty or just the wrong end of a gun and placed on reservations, the beginning of what many have called a government-sanctioned genocide. William Thomas, chair of the University of Nebraska history department, said that fact is a challenge to interpreting the legacy of the Homestead Act.
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"An act that we celebrate as settlement of the West is also an act at the same time that enabled the stripping of land from native peoples," Thomas said. "We have to come to terms with that in some way."
Some 60 percent of homesteaders failed to "prove up" on their claims, pushed off by poor weather, bad land or just the loneliness of severe isolation, but those people often went to the regional cities to become merchants and provide services for the settlers, Bell said.
The legacy of those farms and businesses lives on today, according to Kansas State University historian Bonnie-Lynn Sherow.
"If you were to measure the achievement of homesteading by the value of today's GDP alone, it was an enormous success," Sherow recently told the Wall Street Journal. "The amount of food and fiber produced exceeds the wildest dreams of the early settlers."
The act was also recently named by the Center for American Progress as one of the top 10 laws that helped the middle class prosper.
Kansas grit
The Hodgsons, among the first white settlers in Rice County, Kan., spent two winters in that dugout and survived many more hardships fires, grasshoppers, illness. They clung to the land for the required five years, built a home and a barn, and then gathered more land as the years passed.
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Kendall Hodgson, left, and Ed Hodgson, first cousins, in front of the Hodgson homestead near Little River, Kan.
"I think they were just more tenacious than some. Maybe got lucky at times," Hodgson said.
In 1899, after their first home burned down, the family built the tall, square, white house that Hodgson still lives in today.
That home is a walk through history - the family's and otherwise. Tremendous record-keepers, they have an amazing amount of information about their ancestors, generations of knowledge kept in big trunks in the attic. Along with their role in the Homestead Act, they were witnesses to other history: Family lore has it that Hannah tired quickly of the travelers along the Santa Fe Trail, which runs just three miles south of the farm.
They also have old buggies, cider mills, furniture, photos and even trees, which they planted on special occasions, helping to create some shade on the stark prairie. The two burr oaks in the front yard were planted on Hannah and Henry Clay's golden wedding anniversary in 1919.
Early on, they learned that the apple and peach orchards that they had cultivated in Virginia did not do well on the Kansas plains. So they moved to planting corn and alfalfa and kept a lot of livestock, Hodgson said. When turkey red wheat was introduced, the family planted wheat, and when milo was found to be much more drought tolerant, they also planted that.
Ed Hodgson won't be the last of the line - there are many more Hodgsons, a kind of prairie dynasty along 28th Road in Rice County. Many in the fifth and sixth generations of Hodgsons are still farming, and some work in nearby towns.
As the Hodgsons in Kansas prospered, the oldest Hodgson brother who inherited the family farm back in Winchester, Va., borrowed too much money, bought too much equipment and lost the farm.
"I think that had not for the Homestead Act, they would have never come out here," Hodgson said. "I think the best and brightest came to Kansas: Henry Clay and George."


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When planning your trip to Walt Disney World, one of the most important (and fun!) things to do is pick where you're going to EAT! There are tons of amazing WDW Restaurants and if you're a fan of authentic Mexican cuisine, then make sure you book a meal at San Angel Inn over in Epcot's World Showcase
The restaurant is located inside the Mexico Pavilion and is modeled after a 17th century hacienda at the base of Mayan ruins – it's quite the scene, and is the perfect spot to grab some great food and drinks!
Speaking of drinks….Tequila anyone? San Angel Inn offers some delicious drainks, including a variety of margaritas and tequlias – what better way to relax and unwind after a long day walking through the Parks in the hot sun?
Not a tequila fan? Well, don't worry, there are plenty of other drink choices, like Mexican wines and beers, not to mention all the delicious things to eat – starting with chips and salsa, and entree choices include enchiladas, fish and pork choices, and for dessert choose from amazing delicacies like flan and more!
…Pork tenderloin or chicken enchiladas anyone?
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So on Sunday I managed to go through most of the Sudeley Castle splitting them up into two sets Sudeley Castle and Battle. Oh and Phil Lench has created a Stouport Group which I've bunged my allotment of six photos onto. Continued some of my argu... discussions on the Shuttle Blog and then ate.
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I'm thrilled to announce that I have been invited to do a guest design post for Whimsy Stamps this week! I shop there also, mainly to buy Crissy Armstrong's images but with this guest post, I chose a stamp from the Moon Cookie Gallery and I'm glad I did because the variety of stamps there is astounding.
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Here is my flower power creation.
I love how pretty and simply drawn the little fairy is, I thought she went well with a CAS card too. Cloud die and negative cut is from Papertrey Ink.
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